NSW Labor MPs accused of being drunk in QT

Claims by NSW parliament Speaker Shelley Hancock that Labor MPs were drunk during question time have been dismissed as a "defensive concoction" by the opposition which says the MP is unfit for the position.

Ms Hancock, the Liberal member for South Coast, has accused Labor members of being drunk in the chamber last week.

During a boisterous and unruly question time on Thursday, Ms Hancock called opposition MPs "blockheads," another "an idiot" and told some to "go back to the bar," prompting Labor MP Jodi McKay to accuse Ms Hancock of bringing parliament into disrepute.

Ms Hancock on Monday doubled down in her assessment of the opposition accusing many of MPs of being drunk on the job.

"I am really concerned about the effect of alcohol on many members," Ms Hancock told the ABC.

"I suspect, and many people have said to me, that they're smelling alcohol on members when they come into question time."